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Research September 30 20 min read

Unauthenticated command injection on internet-facing mail servers: tracking CVE-2026-73570

Microsoft Threat Intelligence examines CVE-2026-73570 exploitation in Zimbra, including observed attack paths, detection opportunities, and mitigation guidance.

Research September 29 14 min read

Phishing Abuses RMM Tools for Persistent Access

Microsoft observed phishing campaigns that abused MSP360 RMM to deploy ScreenConnect, creating redundant remote-access channels for follow-on activity

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Research September 25 9 min read

Storm-3168: Agentic-driven cloud attacks using compromised service principals

Microsoft details JADEPUFFER-linked Azure reconnaissance, resource deletion, and credential access using compromised service principals, identifying the activity as associated with Storm-3168 and providing guidance for defenders.

Research September 22 15 min read

Unmasking EvilTokens: Getting to the root of device code phishing

EvilTokens has quickly become one of the top PhaaS platforms, enabling device code phishing attacks through AI-assisted lures, automated infrastructure, and token theft.

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Research September 10 9 min read

Protecting organizations from AI-assisted executive impersonation and invoice fraud

Microsoft examines an AI-assisted business email compromise campaign that used executive impersonation and fake invoices to target finance teams with ACH payment fraud.

Research September 9 15 min read

Threat matrix: Mapping threats across cloud web applications

Microsoft introduces the Cloud Web Applications Threat Matrix, a MITRE ATT&CK-aligned framework that helps defenders understand, prioritize, and mitigate threats to cloud-hosted web apps and serverless platforms.

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Research September 9 19 min read

Passkey-themed social engineering leads to identity and cloud compromise

Passkey-themed social engineering is being used to compromise identities and enable broader cloud attacks.

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Research September 3 17 min read

ASCII smuggling crosses over from AI prompt injection to phishing evasion

Invisible Unicode characters popularized for hiding instructions from AI models are now being used to obfuscate words before email filters parse them.

Research September 2 16 min read

Impersonating IT support: how threat actors turn a remote session into enterprise-wide access

Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed a human-operated intrusion campaign that abuses Microsoft Teams external collaboration to impersonate IT support, gain remote access, and deploy a Node.

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Research September 1 18 min read

Counterfeit installers to system compromise: Tracking a deceptive software download campaign

An active campaign is impersonating legitimate software vendors to deliver malware through look-alike download pages and regenerated installer archives.

Research August 28 16 min read

TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tunnel through multistage intrusion

Microsoft Threat Intelligence provides analysis of a ClickFix campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA prompts, DLL sideloading, and a reverse tunnel, with detections and hunting guidance.

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Research August 26 23 min read

When AI infrastructure becomes the target: Securing gateways and control points

Microsoft Threat Intelligence examines attacks on exposed AI workloads, including LiteLLM gateway exploitation, credential harvesting, persistence, and cryptomining activity.

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